Reel for rod-mills.



No. 895,959. ATENTBD AUG. l1, 1908.

C. W. CARLSON L J. P. NYSTROM.

REEL FOR RGD MILLS. APPLICATION HLBDAPR. 2s, l1506.

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No. 895,959. BATENTED AUG. 11, 1908. C. W. CARLSON f J. P. NYSTROM.

REEL FOR BUD MILLS.

APPLICATION .PIL-ED APE. 23'. 1906.

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essieu CARL W. CARLSON AND JOHN P. NYSTROM, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

REEL FOR .BOD-MILLS.

Speciea on o! Letters Patent.

retreated Aug; 11, '1908.

' To all whom it moy'concem:

Be it 'known that we, CARL W. CARLSON Y. 'and JoriN P. NYs'rRQM, both citizens of the United States, residents of Cleveland, vcounty 5 'ofCuyalfoga, and State of Ohio, vhave invent- 'ed a new and useful Improvement in Reels for Rod-Mills, of which the following is 'a specification, the principle of the invention bein herein explained and the best mode in 1o whie we have Acontemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

to reels such -as are employed in rodmil ,and the like for reeling u rods, as they come from the rolls, into bun les of convenient size for ,transportation and for use with the Wire-drawing machines to which they are next taken in-the general process of making wire from billets.

The ob'ect of such invention is to provide .a devicet at will be able to readily and automatically accommodate itself to changes in the rate at which the rod is supplied to it, that will permit of the prompt discharge of the bundle when the latter has been wound up; and that will be withal simple in construction and easy of operation.

To the accomplishment of the above and vro . e0 related ends, said invention consists of means hereinafter fully described and` specifically se'torth in the claims.

The annexed drawings and the following description'set forth in detail certain `mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings: Figure l repre- 40 sents a side elevation of a reel for a'rod-mill embodying our invention, ja portion of the device appearing in central vertical cross-section; Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same with portions of the driving and controlling mechanism omitted; Fig."3 is a longitudinal transverse'eross-seetion taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a plan view from below, and on a slightly enlarged' scale, ofthe reel proper, of our machine, the

direction of view being indicated by the arrow 4, Fig.-1'. j

It will, of course, be understood that the -relative disposition of the partsy of our imroved reel as shown in the foregoing es is intended to bemerely su gestive. hus the form ofthe frame in whic such parts are Our invention relates to reels Aand particularl ,i

mounted, as well as to a certain degree the arrangement of such parts therein, will vary with different situations to conform with the position ofthe mill in 'combination with 60 which the reel is intended to o era te. llaving made this explanation, t ien, we shall proceed with a detailed description of the vInachine as adaptedl' for use in a particular situation.

As indicated in Fig. 2, our reeling machine is placed so as to face the mill, t. c. the rolls that form the rod. This latter is not represented, the guiding tube M, however, through .which the rod W is brought to the reel, serves `to indicate its relative osition. Transversely of the reeling mac ine and directly below the reel pro er is provided anV open passageway A of dimensions such as to accommodate a suitable conveyer, not shown,

or other means for removing the bundles as fast as they are wound up and discharged from the reel. The foundation B, upon which we solidly mountthe vframe C of our machine, is, ofcourse, properly conformed to meet the above requirements. .Such frame C is provided with two arms c c that project outwardly over -the conveyer space or iassage-way A above described and in t ese arms is mounted a vertical shaft designated 1 in general by the jetter D that' will be more particularly described later. The lower end of this shaft D lies centrally within an annu-v lar member C suitably supported at one side on a standard c3 and at the other by being at- 90 taclicd to frame C, as clearly appears in said Fig. 1. The inner'face c2 of annular member t C is preferably bsubstantially perpendicular and quite smooth. Such lower en'd of shaft D, to more specifically describe the structure of the same, comprises a `sleeve Dmountedv in suitable bearings in projecting arm c and providednear its upper end with a collar d that rests u on ball-bearings d on the upper side of suoli) projecting arm. ImmediatelyJOO below this arm c there isfrotatively mounted on sleeve D va drum. E@ Drum E, it-'is ac cordingly seen, will lie within annular member C and the difference between the diameters ofthe drum. and the annular meinberis suiiicient to leaveample roomior the largest t bundle thatit is desired to wind u on the machine.4 Equiangularlyv disposed a out the outer edge of .drum E is ajliumber of iingers disposed Withrespect to` the correspondingt radii of said drum. As shown in Figs. 1 and 4, these fingers E when horizontally extended rcach across the space intermediate of' theoutcr face of the drum and the inner face of .the annular member C surrounding the same. Normally, however, the force of gravity exerted on the free ends e of the fingers, which are referably of the spatulate slightly upward y curved form shown, will cause such fingers to hang pendent, the positions thus occupied being indicated in dotted outline in Fig. 1.`

To actuate fingers E to assume their extended iositions, we provide on the lower endof s eeve D, intermediate of drum'E and la collar d2, a disk E2.rotatively secured to such sleeve but free to'i'nove-axially thereon I. within the limits indica'ted. Mounted upon the periphery of this disk E2 are rollers e2, equa in number to that of fingers E and disosed so as to respectively contact with the eels of said fingers. The axes e, on which ers E are pivoted, being higher than the rol ers e2 when the disk E. occu ies its lower position, it is evident that the ngers under such circumstances willbeiirmly locked in their horizontally, or radially, extended ositions.A Raising and lowering of disk 2 is effected as desired by raising or lowerin v`an inner shaft D2 extending the entire lengt of shaft D and connected at its lower end to such disk by means of a pin da, Fig. 4, op-

positely disposed slots in sleeve D permitting such connection. A hand lever H shown by dotted lines in Fig. i and by full lines in Fig. l3, connected by means of suitable'intermediate levers h with the upper end of' inner shaft "D3, serves as a convenient means for operating such shaft in the manner just described".

' To. rotatesleeve D 'and the :di'uin E eoned friction clutch-member d that .is

ada'pted to engae an yexternally coiled frietion clutch-member 4Z ke ed on the upper en d 4or the .sleeve'.D. lutch-memher dmay be raised so'as to be operatively engaged b member d whenever desirekby means o -a hand-lever H', similar-in form and disposition to hand-lever Il, that is con: nectcd with such clutch member throuffh suitable intermediate levers h as Willf ereadily understood. t

The friction-face of clutch-member (Z7 is made to slant both ways. The upper por- "shaft D is raised andk E* of tion of the face is the one already .referred'tog as being engaged by clutch-member d whenmember d1 occu ies its upper osition. The other portion o the face is esigned to .be venga ed in a similar manner, when, such mem er occupies its lower losition, by a fixed clutch member ds secure yv attached to the frame C. In order to hold -shiftable clutch-member in either of its' two" positions, a notched segmental plate k yand catch h3 co-acting therewith, or lany eiluivalentv provided in connection with means, are hand-lever 1. n Having thus fu y described our invention, the manner of operation of the same may be readily shown. While the machine is in use, l drive-shaft F is kept constantly going at such a rate of speed as will eiect the rotation of the reel proper, at the requilrled. maximum speed. Moreover, prelimina y ning reelin up'the bundle hand-lever H is swung and ed to lock the lingers E of such reel in their extended positions. The end of the rod being then introduced-.into the reel through guiding tube M, `is wra ped several' timesabout drum E so as to.be}lield thereto as the same revolves. To eiiect such revoluto begintion it is merely necessary to shift clutch member C17 into its upper position in contact with member d which is readily done by movin hand-lever H into the position indicated in Fi 1. This operation continues until the fu len th of the,l rod4 has been V lceived and woun up on the reel. The diiving mechanism of the wheel bein connected with that of the-rolls that form t e rod, itis app arent that the speed of the former can be adjusted by suitable intermediate gearing -to rotate the reel at very to take up the rod as ast as' it comes from the nearly the right speed' L.

mill. Incase the rod is not received'ast,

enough, the 'friction clutch is adaptedto4 ,yield sufficiently to avoid any undue tensioni on the rod or strain on the machine. When a coil orbundle of rod has thus been wound up by a Isimple operation of hand-lever H c ut ch-member. d? is' disengaged from driving memberil" and braked by being lowered intocontaetgwitliv fixed clutch-member d8, The rotation'of tlereel is thus caused immediately. to cease, andthereupon, by means of the other lever H, inner shaft D of vertical r the reel is actuated to release lingers El. under v'their `own weight and that ofthe bundle restin upon them, forthwith s`win vinto, their pen ent positions, and the bundle eing The latter no loneer supported thereby, drops through which 'it is and vfa ls upon-the conve erb been thus vcarried away. One bund e havin wiand up and discharged, the

again raised and fixed in their (pix-ege sitions and as soon as the en o the next'l wird is received .the machine is ready to 'winr itpp.

. gers f afb; jcting po@ NOI The operation oflour improved-form of reel is thus seen to be practically continuous and by means of it we are enabled to reel up rods much more rapidly than has heretofore been possible. At the same time the'device is of simple and compact construction, and requires a minimum of attention in its operation. These features will undoubtedly render our reel of value in a number of other situations besides the one shown, thatv of its use in a rod mill, and minor changes may be required to adapt to some of these; but We .would set forth as our invention the princi le of such reels operation independent of t e particular means wherein they are embodied.

Having thus described our invention in detail, that which we particularly pointout and distinctly claim, is

l. In a reel for rod mills, and the like, a drum revolubly mounted on a vertical axis, a plurality of-gravitating fingers pivotally mounted upon said drum and respectively adapted inone position to extend substan-` tially horizonta and in another position to hang pendent and lie within the circumfere ence of said drum, and a vertically movable disk centrally located within the drum and disconnected from the ngers, said disk being adapted to bear against and position 'said' iingers and lock them in extended osition until the disk is opposite the pivota center vconnected from t I a pendent position below said disk.

gravitating fingers pivotally mounted about .the outer edge of said drum on axes transversely disposed with respect to its radii and respectively adapted in one position to extend horizontally, Y hang pendent and lie within the circumferand in another position to,

ence of said drum thus leaving an unolo-l strueted space between the drum andannular member, a disk vertically reeiprocable withinsaid drum, an

cured to the perilphery of said disk and dise fingers, said rollers when rollers radially se'-A moved downwardly being adapted to bear against the rear portion of said fingers to actuate the same outwardly and lock them in extended position until the disk is moved opposite the pivotal center of each lijnger, w

en all of the ingersy will be suddenly released by said disk and drop by gravity into Signed by us this 21st day ofA ril, :11906.

CARL W. CA LSON.

. JOHN P. NYSTROM` Attested by:

G. W. SAYWELL, JNo. F. OBERLrN. 

